Pay-on-the-platform car.



N. BENINGASA. PAY 0N THE PLATFORM GAR. APPLIGATION FILED H112, 1910.998,069, Patented July 18, 1911.

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NICHOLAS BENINGASA, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAY-oiv-TrrE-PLATFORM CAR.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 12, 1910. Serial No. 543,512.

To all whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS BnivInoAsA, a citizenv ofthe United States,residing at East -End Pittsburg, in the county of Alle-v gheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inPay-on-the-Platform Cars, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to a payon-platform car, and the object of theinvention 1s lto enable one conductor to collect fares upon oneplat-form provided 'with an entrance common tol two cars, that is to amotor car and to a trailer.

Cars now commonly known by the name of pay on platform and pay as youenter have come into general use especially upon roads running largesingle cars. 'Many roads however run 4smaller cars, the; rear car Ibe`ing usually termed a trailer and upon cars of this type it is necessaryfor the conductor to pass from one car to the other in order to collectfares, or owing to the inability of a conductor to properly look afterpassengers in two separate cars it is customary during seasons of heavytravel to employ a conductor for each car. When a single conductor is'employed he fails to collect many fares due to the entrance of personsin one, car while the conductor is upon the other and serious accidentsvery often occur by the starting of the cars when pas: sengers aregetting on or off the carnot at that time in personal charge of theconductor. To avoid loss of fares and to more properly safegu'ardthepassengers I purp'se to adapt cars of this .type to the pay on platformprinciple and in cars provided with my improvement. passengers enter thecars only by Way of the rear platform of the motor car upon which theconductor is stationed and leave the cars vfrom either platform ofthemotor car or from the front platform of the trailer.

This invention can also be used in connection with pay-onplatform carsnow in use,

l the trailer being used asia car for men only, ,or as a smoklng car oras a combination baggage and smoking car. Y, y

My invention consists 1n the novel features .of construction hereinafterfully described,

pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings inwhich,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a motor car and a portion of a trailerprovided with my improvement. Fig. 2'is an enlarged horizontalsectionupon'the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section uponthe irregular line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. lis a vertical section upontheline 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspectiveview of a gangway.

In'v these drawings, 1 representsl a motor car provided with an exit 2at the front, and having arear platform 3 provided upon one side withslidable doors 4 'and 5, the-door 1 being an exit and the door 5 beingan entrance through which passengers may board the car. A suitablerailing 6 extends transversely across the ,platform from a point wherethedoors 4 and 5 adjoin to a point adjacent the longitudinal center ofthe platformand then curves forwardly thus providing an inclosure 7within which the conductor stands. A door-Way 8 isalso formed centrallyand at the rear end of the platform and a ycurved guard rail 9 extendsacrosshthe corner formed between the entrance door 5 and the door-way 8,said g'uard rail preventing passengers fromA crowding or standing insaid corner and thereby blocking the passageway and also affording ahand support or starting of the car. A traigler 10 is provided with apla tform 11 and al central doorway 12 which alines .with the door-way8. The platform 11 is also provided with an exit normally closed by adoor 13. The doors 2, 4 and -5 are usually operated by the motorman andthe conductor, but as there is lneit-her motorman nor conductor uponAthe useful during; the stopping I Patented July 18, 1911.

trailer I purpose to employ compressed air for i the purpose of openingand closing the door 13, the air being obtained from the air brakesystem now in common use upon street cars. I therefore extend fronrany`desirable point of the saidv air brake system a compressed air pipe 14to said door, the. said pipe having the usual flexible connectionbetween the cars,v and beine` provided with any suitable valve mechanlsm15, arranged at a point/convenient for operation by the conductor. I donot claim any special construction of door operating means, nor anyparticular type of valve, as the same does not form a part'of thisinvention. i

To connect the door-ways 8 and 12 I provide a gangway 16 formed in twosections which are hinged together as shown in the drawings, therebyallowingfor slight vertical play. This gangway rests upon the carbumpers and to secure the same in place y sothat it can extend thedoor-way 12 using said gangway same with a mat 20,

and at the same time to permit the .necessary of the motor car 1. o

The slot 19permtsthe swinging ofv the'- motor car at an angle to thetrailer andalso' with reference to the gangway in'roundin'g curves. Toinsure the' safety of passengers I prefer to cover the of rubber orother suitable material and I also place upon opposite sides of thegangway a lattice work 21, said lattice Work being constructed of lazytongs or contract as the cars pass `on or olf curved portions of thetrack. In order to prevent any confusion arising from passengersentering and leaving the trailer at the same time I place a curved guardrail 22 upon the platform 11, which guard rail separates from the exitpassage leadin g to the door 13. The cars may be couv Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the lWashington, D. C.

l`front; car having a rear I latform, entra-ice and exit doors at theside ,of j-saidf platform, a

"ranged between said 'doors and forming anthe entrance through pledtogether by a chain 23, or by any other suitable form of coupling.Wbajal claim is v In" aj-jc'ar train of the kind described, a

pay-on-enteringcurved guard rail areXit passage'for-persons occupyingthe front car, a door-way at the end of said platform,

a trailer having aneXit-way upon the front platform and having anentrance-Way at the front `end of the said platform, said entrance-waybeing in alinement with the end door-way of the first mentionedplatform, a gang-way connecting the two platforms, and an inwardly andrearwardly curved guard rail upon the front platform of the trailerseparating the exit from said platform from the entrance-waycommunicating with the rea'r platform of the front car. .f

NCHOLAS BENNCASA. Witnesses:

W. A. ROBINSON, H. C. DoDGsoN.

Commissioner eilig-@1112s.

